After the formal dowry and gifts had been given by Samson’s father, an interval, varying according to Eastern custom from a few days to a full year…

After a time. —There is nothing to show how long this time was. A betrothal might last a year. In Judges 11:4 the same phrase ("af…

And after a time he returned to take her
Matters being agreed on, and settled on both sides, and the espousals made,…

By enabling him to kill a lion, God let Samson know what he could do in the strength of the Spirit of the Lord, that he might never be afraid to lo…